Come on You Reds

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Come On You Reds is a 1994 single by the 1994 Manchester United football squad along with rock group Status Quo. It first entered the UK Singles Chart on 30 April 1994, and remained there for a total of 15 weeks, reaching a two-week high of #1.

[edit] History

With Status Quo involved in the recording of the track, it was decided that the band's 1988 single Burning Bridges would form the basis, albeit with altered lyrics to suit the Manchester United theme. The single was released on 25 April 1994, four weeks before the 1994 FA Cup Final. By the weekend of the game, the song had reached #1, where it remained for two weeks. It then dropped down the chart, remaining there for a total of 15 weeks.

Interestingly, this song became Status Quo's second and last (to date) #1 single, the first being Down Down, which got to #1 in January 1975.

[edit] Lyrics

Busby Babes they always made me cry

Thinkin' 'bout the teams of years gone by

Charlton, Edwards, Law and Georgie Best

We're United, you can keep the rest

Schmeichel, Parker, Pallister

Irwin, Bruce, Sharpe and Ince

Hughes, McClair, Keane and Cantona

Robson, Kanchelskis and Giggs

Come on you reds, come on you reds

Just keep your bottle and use your heads

For ninety minutes we'll let them know

Who's Man United, here we go

Come on you reds, come on you reds

Just keep your bottle and use your heads

For ninety minutes we'll let them know

Who's Man United, here we go

Glory Glory Man United

We'll maintain the status quo

We're Man United, here we go

So Old Trafford let us hear you loud

Cheer us on and we will do you proud

Fifty thousand voices sing our song

Keep us at the top where we belong

So here's to Alex Ferguson

He'll take us all the way

We're on the road to glory now

Winning at home and away

Come on you reds, come on you reds

Just keep your bottle and use your heads

For ninety minutes we'll let them know

Who's Man United, here we go

Come on you reds, come on you reds

Just keep your bottle and use your heads

For ninety minutes we'll let them know

Who's Man United, here we go

Glory Glory Man United

We'll maintain the status quo

We're Man United, here we go

Come on you reds, come on you reds

The team that every defender dreads

We are the Devils in Red, you know

We're Man United, here we go

Come on you reds, come on you reds

Just keep your bottle and use your heads

For ninety minutes we'll let them know

Who's Man United, here we go

Man United, here we go

Preceded by "Inside" by Stiltskin	UK number one single May 15, 1994 (2 weeks)	Succeeded by "Love Is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet

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